Conor McGregor is a professional mixed martial artist from Dublin,Ireland. He currently fights in the featherweight division and is based out of Straight Blast Gym in his hometown. He trains with many notable Irish fighters such as John Michael Sheil, Cathal Pendred, Chris Fields and Aisling Daly. Conor is a Brown Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu . He also trains in both Dublin and Iceland with fellow UFC fighter and current 170 pound prospect Gunnar "Gunni" Nelson.

He holds a record of 12-2 with none of his fights going the distance and only 3 leaving the 1st round. He was thrust into the spotlight on the 2nd of June 2012 after defeating Dave Hill at Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 45, thus making him the first professional Irish fighter to win a world title in the mens division.

He was scheduled to face Jim Alers on the 31st of December at Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 51 in Dublin but Alers had to pull out citing a hand injury. McGregor instead faced Ivan Buchinger for the CWFC 155 pound belt. McGregor gave an extremely dominating performance showing off all facets of his mixed martial arts skills finishing Buchinger by KO at 3.40 of round 1.

McGregor was signed by the UFC and would face fellow featherweight prospect Marcus Brimage on the preliminary card of UFC on FUEL TV 9 in Stockholm, Sweden. McGregor would make an impressive statement with his debut knocking Brimage out in the first round to earn himself Knockout Of The Night honors in his debut. His next test would be against Max Holloway when they squared off at UFC on FOX Sports 1. Even though McGregor tore his ACL during the fight he would go on to win a unanimous decision showing his wrestling skills by taking his opponent down and controlling him with surprising ease.

After a nearly 1 year layoff resulting from the injury McGregor would face Diego Brandao as the main event of UFC Fight Night 46. He would make it 3 in a row in the UFC by finishing Brandao with strikes in the first round. McGregor faced Dustin Poirier on September 27, 2014 at UFC 178. He won via TKO in the first round. The win also earned McGregor his second Performance of the Night bonus award. McGregor woudl then face Dennis Siver on January 18, 2015 at UFC Fight Night 59. For the third straight time he would win by TKO and also earn the Performance of the Night bonus.

The win would earn McGregor the title shot he has been lobbying for and he will now face the champion José Aldo at UFC 189.